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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

400 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 19 of 20

Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 3
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. report:— A statement by the chairman of the Central Wool Committee gives the Australian appraisement to November…

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Broom, the New Sheep Food

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 3

The information given by Cr. Doolan at last Shire meeting that broom, after it has been cut down and the young seedlings come up, makes good…

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Drought Is Serious Sheep Dying

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 2

Drought conditions in many districts of New South Wales are going from bad to worse, and the outlook in many places is the worst since the big…

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The Butterfly and the Farmer Australians Asked to Complete Unique World Map

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 3

Any Australian. who known the ways butterflies, moths and flying insects is asked to help complete the most remarkable world map ever made…

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Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 November 1940 · page 2

Attention is directed to the sheep sale at Goulburn on Tuesday next, when W. H. Wheatley will yard 7500 head. Classed as a really good lot,…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 November 1940 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on 18th inst:— We submitted cur appraisement catalogue No. 35 (the 11th of the current…

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Sheep Blow-fly Use of Citronella

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1940 · page 3

Recent advices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research are that ten per cent, concentrations of [?] of Citronella in an aqueous soft…

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Dog on a Milk Cart Dairyman Fined

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 November 1940 · page 2

It was not a case of the dog sitting on the tucker-box, but a dog sitting on the seat of a car containing a can of milk that led to the…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery. Ltd. report:— For appraisement No. 35, the eleventh round of Sydney appraisements, we submitted an attractive catalogue of…

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An Appeal Sheep Skins Wanted

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 3

I am sorry to be so late in making this appeal to all who are able and would like to help provide sheepskin vests for our wonderful airmen and…

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Sheep Blow-fly Use of Citronella

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 5

Recent advices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ate that 5 or 10 per cent, concentrations of oil of citronella in an aqueous soft…

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Wool in America Large Requirements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 2

In Australia wool auctions have been suspended for the duration of the war and one clip threafter. By way of contrast selling has extended in the…

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Delivery of Wheat to Live Stock Owners

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 8

The Australian Wheat Board makes the following statement:— "The regulations under the National Security Act do not permit of the…

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Holding Wool Market Post-war Problems Dr. Ross's Ideas

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 8

"The future for wool as an article of clothing is not as black as it might appear, provided that we increase efficiency in production, reduce costs,…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 2

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited report:—"The selection in our appraisement No. 35 of 4842 bales comprised a good proportion of…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., reports on the 26th inst.:— We submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 36 (the 12th of the…

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Wool in America Large Requirements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—In Australia' wool auctions have been suspended for the duration of the war and one clip thereafter. By way of…

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Britain’s Wool Trade The Stock Position

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 December 1940 · page 2

Despite the war, with its Loss of European outlets for mill products, Great Britain has managed to export woollen and worsted yarns and…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 December 1940 · page 3

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited report:—The "B" zone areas continue to furnish all current catalogues, with some very attractive wools, which in…

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